tractable

The definition of tractable is someone or something easy to manage, control or handle.

(adjective)

An example of tractable is the Windows operating system.

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See tractable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant
  2. easily worked; malleable

Origin: L tractabilis < tractare, to drag, haul, freq. of trahere, to draw

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See tractable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Easily managed or controlled; governable.
  2. Easily handled or worked; malleable.

Origin:

Origin: Latin tractābilis

Origin: , from tractāre, to manage

Origin: , frequentative of trahere, to draw

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Related Forms:

  • tracˌta·bilˈi·ty, tracˈta·ble·ness noun
  • tracˈta·bly adverb

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